• Desert Mission Food Bank, 9229 N. 4th St., Phoenix. Serves North Phoenix and Anthem. Distributes emergency food boxes, operates a food market for low-income families and runs a program providing food to children, pregnant, postpartum or nursing woman, and people 60 years and older. 602-870-6062, jcl.com.
• St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance, 2831 N. 31st Ave., Phoenix. Has three locations in the Valley and one in Flagstaff. The agency offers a variety of services, depending on the location, including emergency food boxes, a “food value club” of goods sold at low prices and distribution of surplus food. 602-352-3640, firstfoodbank.org.
• United Food Bank, 358 E. Javelina Ave., Mesa. Provides emergency food boxes, distributes bulk quantities of food to partner agencies that serve it and provides food to at-risk children. The agency serves the southeast Valley, parts of Gila, Apache, Navajo and Pinal counties and all of the San Carlos Apache Reservation. 480-926-4897, unitedfoodbank.org
• Community Food Bank, 3003 S. Country Club Road, Tucson. Distributes food boxes, donates food to soup kitchens in the Tucson area, distributes food in a monthly program for low-income mothers, children and the elderly, and runs a demonstration garden that supplies produce sold at farmers markets. The agency serves Pima, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee and Santa Cruz counties. 520-622-0525 Toll Free: 1-800-950-8681, communityfoodbank.org.
• Yuma Community Food Bank, 2404 E. 24th St., Yuma. Serves the working poor, including single parents, two-parent working families and the elderly on fixed income. It serves Yuma and La Paz counties in Arizona and Imperial County in California through 15 emergency and supplemental food programs and support to more than 50 non-profit agencies. 928-343-1243, yumafoodbank.org.
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/Food Stamps). Aimed at helping low-income people buy nutritious foods. Benefits depend on the size of a household, income and other factors. Information is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 602-542-9935 in the Phoenix area or 1-800-352-8401 outside the Phoenix area. azdes.gov.
